[Em7-5]Sighs in the blackest black a[Dm]biding,

as soon as [Dbdim]one dies, one is [C/D]rising[Dm9]

with the [Bbm]night so dark and cold

The wishes [F/A]I make are swallowed up [Bm7-5]and hidden [Bbmaj7]away[A7]

 

[Gm]Breath of the whitest white is

[Dm/F]What I most with to [Em7-5]say down deep now [Dm]inside

Can a [Bbm]voice so numb and cold have some song [F/A]to sing？

It could be false, [Bm7-5]or rea[Bbmaj7]　[A7]lity

 

[N.C.]The things I [Dm]like, or hate, [Em7-5]or things I [Dm/F]want to gain

[D/Gb]Whatever's [Gm]fee[Dm/F]ling [Em7-5]good [Abdim]is what my [A7]lines [N.C.]would say

[A]For [Dm]setting off the [Em7-5]black from white, it'd [Dm/F]work perfect[D/Gb]ly

[N.C.]Though like a [Gm]chant of rui[A7]nation it'd [Dm]be[N.C.]

 

[Gm]Why did I think that since I'd [Dm/F]studied

The latest [Em7-5]schoolbook I'd know [Dm]clearly

What's [Bbm]right from what's wrong, and which is [F/A]which one,

that I could choose, [Bm7-5]I could re[Bbmaj7]ally know？[A7]

 

I [N.C.]live a[Dm]ccording to [Em7-5]stage-right, stage-[Dm/F]left, exit

[D/Gb]Improvi[Gm]sa[Dm/F]tion's [Em7-5]not [Abdim]been in my [A7]bag [N.C.]of tricks

[A]So [Dm]much of what I [Em7-5]want to say pours [Dm/F]out noisi[D/Gb]ly

[N.C.]But never [Gm]when you're not here [A7]alone with [Dm]me

 

[Dmaj7]What I know that I hold in my hands I [Gm7]want to set free,

[Bb/C]think of how much lighter [C7]you and I would [Fmaj7]feel [A7]then

[Dmaj7]Every word, every wall, every curse and [Gm7]sparing nothing,

[Bb/C]strip it, take it all [C7]away to once a[Fmaj7]gain see [A7]eye to [D]eye

 

[Gm7]

[Bb/C]　[C7]　[Fmaj7]　[A7]

[D]　[Gm7]

[Bb/C]　[C7]　[Fmaj7]　[A7]

 

The things I [Dm]like, or hate, [A/E]or things I [Dm/F]want, expect,

[D/Gb]Though if I [Gm]let them out, [Abdim]I think, what [A]hap[N.C.]pens next？

[A]Well, [Dm]setting off the [Em7-5]white from black is [Dm/F]fearful indeed

[D/Gb]It's even [Gm]more so when you [A7]live honest[Dm]ly

 

[D]This life is [Am]long, so long, [D]the world is [G]wide, I say,

[Cmaj7]And when we've [F#m7-5]freedom won, [A#dim]it all be[B7]comes [B]one gray

Yes, [Em]happiness, un[F#m7-5]happiness, it's [Em/G]only the [E/G#]heart

[N.C.]That knows no [Am]quietude that [B]makes itself [Em]known[N.C.]

While an [Am7]adult can keep a [B7]secret a[Em]lone[N.C.]

 

[Em]